Bloggers hit back after Vogue directors label them ‘desperate’, ‘ridiculous’ and ‘preening’

It’s all kicking off between fashion editors and bloggers and it feels like 2006 all over again.
When bloggers first arrived on the scene with their iPhones and their outsider ways, the fashion elite struggled to cope with it.
And some seem to still be struggling to come to terms with a more inclusive fashion industry.
In a recent Vogue.com article entitled ‘Ciao, Milano! Vogue.com’s Editors Discuss the Week That Was,’ several of the editors make critical comments about bloggers who are paid to wear designers’ clothes on the front rows and pavements around international fashion weeks.... read more

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